Auger may refer to: Auger (drill), a drill for boring holes, e.g. in wood or in the earth; Auger (surname) Auger conveyor, a screw conveyor; a device for moving material or liquid by means of a rotating helical flighting; Auger shell or auger snail, a common name for shellfish of the family Terebridae; Auger effect, an electron effect in physics
The Biggs Family Tree. The English surname Biggs appears to be of nickname origin, being one of those names derived from a personal or physical characteristic of the original bearer. The name evolved from the Middle English word bigge, meaning large, stout, strong. Thus, the surname would have been used to describe one who was of large or bulky proportions.
This means 'small' in Gaelic. Usually used at the end of a name, this often means that this feature is the smaller of a pair of adjacent features. A similar name ending in 'more' is often found nearby. For example, Killybegs (county Donegal), Lambeg (county Antrim).omponents of Irish Placenames If you spend time studying a fairly detailed map of Ireland, it becomes clear that there are sounds and parts of words that appear over and over again in many placenames. This is true of any culture (eg English-borough, -pool, -ham, -cester, -town; French-ville, German-burg).